Few animals symbolize wild interconnectedness quite like wolves, whose return helped reveal just how tightly ecosystems are woven together.

Thirty years ago, park rangers reintroduced grey wolves into Yellowstone National Park. They wanted to restore the ecosystem and get the elk... What is the legacy of Yellowstone wolves 30 years after ...

In Yellowstone National Park — where gray wolves were reintroduced starting in 1995 — researchers have gone back and forth on whether the restoration of wolves has impacted the ecosystem. The idea is ...

Canis lupus body size is dynamic and complex, and biologists aren’t in total agreement about why wolves are much larger in ...

For the first time in 80 years, a new generation of fully-fledged aspen trees has grown in Yellowstone’s northern range. According to a new study, the reason for the success is thanks to the wolves ...

Editor’s note: This is the third installment of Howl, a five-part written series and podcast season produced in partnership between the Idaho Capital Sun, States Newsroom and Boise State Public Radio.

Wolves usually rely on cooperation to survive. Hunting large prey such as elk typically involves multiple pack members working together to isolate and exhaust an animal. That reality makes one ...

Scientific research has long assumed gray wolves are non-migratory during springtime, staying anchored to tend to litters of nearly helpless pups. For the first weeks of life, after all, pups are ...